{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Smitty wrote","author_name":"Smitty (npub1t4…h24sy)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1t4mkysr62f90n5ntq8wa9vfpk0q9a2y532url7vactmpx4vc3g5qph24sy","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"On the way to work this morning I was thinking of the phrase -- \"Trust but verify\" and how this is really the essence of \"science\".\n\n--\n\nScience begins with a hypothesis, but it earns its authority through testing, verification, and collective scrutiny. We trust the process — but only because we verify the results.\n\nWhen someone flips this — starting with a “truth” and bending a theory to fit it — they’re not doing science. They’re constructing a narrative built on an ephemeral reality — one with no foundation, no integrity, and no claim to objectivity.\n\nYou don’t need a degree or a lab coat to practice science.\nScience is, at its core, the verification of ideas.\n\nWe could all benefit from understanding our personal biases — especially in a world that constantly reinforces them — and from practicing a little more science.\n\nTrust, but verify."}